YMMV / The Fuccons

• Broken Base: The Fuccons is a considered a cult classic in Japan, but reception in the West is a bit mixed. Some people love the surreal humor and absurd plot points, while other people find the creepy nature of the series an Audience-Alienating Premise and don't particularly find the humor engaging.
• Crosses the Line Twice:
  • In "Mikey Gets Kidnapped", Mikey's kidnapping evokes parental worries, and at the end of the episode, his dismembered body is mailed back to his house. But then it's played off as a minor "oopsie" that he learns from, and he joins in on the "Everybody Laughs" Ending.
  • In "The Return", the Fuccons annoy their new neighbor by laughing too much. When he bursts into their house to yell at them, he accidentally walks in on Barbara undressing, and both James and Barbara accuse him of rape. Much later, Mikey asks if he's been arrested, but it turns out that James had killed him and buried him in their backyard.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Tony and Charles are a fan favorite in Japan because Charles usually ends up rephrasing Tony's words as an insult and that causes them to argue, creating much of the humor in their appearances.
• Everyone is Jesus in Purgatory: Some critics mentioned that there was an attempt to intellectualize The Fuccons as Japan's commentary on Americans and their stereotypes, but ultimately decided that it was too absurd to be considered an actual parody. Ishibashi himself has also stated that the show was never meant to be commentary.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • The screenshot of Mikey saying "I can become Japanese because I like Japanese food" came from one of the Vermilion Pleasure Night sketches. It sees a lot of use on social media to mock non-Japanese people for pretending to be Japanese or speaking over actual Japanese voices.
  • The screenshot of Laura lying on the table saying, "Oh, my God, this sucks" is also used as a reaction image.
• More Popular Spin Off: The Fuccons ran for 8 seasons and 4 Direct to Video seasons, along with having collaboration restaurants, art exhibits, and being featured in product commercials. Meanwhile, Vermilion Pleasure Night, the show it originated from, was only broadcast for half a year in 2000.
• One-Scene Wonder: The Blueberry King has only appeared in one episode, but his presence in the series is so out-of-place that he's memorable. He even has a character description on the official website while his daughter Isabella does not despite appearing in more episodes.
• Spiritual Successor: To Americans, at least, Old Navy: The SuperModelquins. The filming methods are quite similar, and the mannequins have a striking resemblance to this show's mannequins, complete with unintentionally creepy smiles. Not to mention the surrealistic comedy of talking mannequins in general.
• Unintentional Uncanny Valley: The characters are all played by mannequins filmed in real-time, which can look creepy due to their human-like appearances being frozen.
• What Do You Mean, It's Not for Kids?: Despite parodying a family sitcom, The Fuccons is anything but. It airs at Otaku O'Clock and regularly portrays sex (if James and Barbara are anything to go by) and violence. The characters have also appeared in beer commercials.

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